Topic 10 - Cows and Cheese Flashcards
1
Q
What are gut-brain peptides also known as?
A
Apetite hormones
2
Q
What does leptin do and where does it come from?
A
It suppresses apetite, and is secreted from white adipose tissue
3
Q
What does the term orexigenic refer to? Give an example.
A
It is a hormone that stimules appetite.
Example: Ghrelin
4
Q
What does anabolic mean?
What is the opposite?
A
It is the growth of cells, through the joining together of molecules.
Catabolic - where molecules break down into smaller blocks.
